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Sexual harassment training for UK managers has gone backwards in the run-up to the 30 October deadline
Tuesday, 20 October 2026The share of employers running dedicated manager training has fallen from 30% in July to 22% in October, with fewer than one in 20 (4%) saying they are completely prepared for the new Employment Rights Act changes
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Only one in ten UK compliance and security professionals are confident they could meet new 24-hour cyber breach deadline, VinciWorks poll finds
Thursday, 17 September 2026Compliance and security professionals also admit widespread confusion over who the incoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill actually covers
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The questions that determine if the SRA’s client money reforms will work
Tuesday, 8 September 2026Both reforms respond to real and well-evidenced gaps in the current framework. The SRA’s changes after consultation feedback shows it’s listening. But structural change on paper is only half the job.
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Nine in ten compliance professionals lack full confidence they could spot a sanctioned individual hiding behind a shell company
Thursday, 20 August 2026New poll of legal, compliance and financial services professionals also finds almost six in ten organisations have not recently tested whether their sanctions escalation process would work under pressure
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Andy Burnham and the Hillsborough Law: should solicitors be worried?
Tuesday, 21 July 2026Now that Andy Burnham has become prime minister, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, otherwise known as the Hillsborough Law, will receive a real boost of political capital.
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One in five UK managers have no training on sexual harassment, despite being the first people employees turn to
Tuesday, 14 July 2026New data shows most businesses remain unprepared as a tougher standard arrives on 1 October, with gaps in risk assessment, training and manager readiness
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Posted in associate news
AML supervision reforms – Government response to consultation exercise
Tuesday, 30 June 2026We set out our thoughts on the Government’s consultation on the transfer of Anti-money laundering & counter terrorist-Financing (AML) supervision from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) (and other legal regulators) to the FCA in December last year.
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The SRA’s client money reforms: good intentions, questionable execution
Wednesday, 24 June 2026On the face of it, the SRA’s plans to tighten protections around client money sounds sensible. The detail, as ever, tells a more complicated story.
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Nearly six in ten regulated firms not ready for incoming AML law changes, survey finds
Thursday, 28 May 2026With new money laundering regulations expected to come into force as early as late June, compliance professionals across legal, financial services and accounting say their firms are still catching up
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The SRA’s strict liability gamble has failed. Good
Thursday, 21 May 2026The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Dentons v SRA on 27 April, and the profession is right to welcome it. It is the second time in short succession that the court has corrected the SRA.
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Material information and the case for intelligent client onboarding
Upfront information means work traditionally undertaken after an offer is accepted will need to happen earlier. And that fundamentally changes the role of client onboarding.
When the person who needs help is the partner
A law firm can have excellent support on paper and still have a serious gap. The gap is the person who cannot imagine using it.
SRA supervision and AI: what firms will be asked to prove
AI intensifies scrutiny of whether firms can demonstrate that they were in control of the systems through which legal services were delivered.
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